In Iconium
1At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed. 2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. 3So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders. 4The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles. 5There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them. 6But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country, 7where they continued to preach the gospel.
In Lystra and Derbe
8In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. 9He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed 10and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.
11When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!” 12Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker. 13The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.
14But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: 15“Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human, like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them. 16In the past, he let all nations go their own way. 17Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.” 18Even with these words, they had difficulty keeping the crowd from sacrificing to them.
19Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. 20But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.
The Return to Antioch in Syria
21They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, 22strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said. 23Paul and Barnabas appointed elders14:23 Or Barnabas ordained elders; or Barnabas had elders elected for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust. 24After going through Pisidia, they came into Pamphylia, 25and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
26From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. 27On arriving there, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. 28And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.
在以哥念傳道
1保羅和巴拿巴一同進入以哥念的猶太會堂講道，許多猶太人和希臘人信了耶穌。 2但那些頑梗不信的猶太人卻慫恿外族人敵視信徒。 3二人在那裡逗留了好些日子，靠著主勇敢地傳道。主賜給他們行神蹟奇事的能力，為祂的恩典之道作見證。 4城裡的居民分成了兩派，有些附和猶太人，有些支持使徒。
5當時，有些外族人、猶太人及其官長企圖惡待使徒，用石頭打他們。 6保羅和巴拿巴得知後，就逃往呂高尼的路司得和特庇二城並周圍的地區， 7在那裡繼續傳揚福音。
在路司得和特庇傳福音
8路司得城裡坐著一個生來瘸腿的，他雙腳無力，不能走路。 9他在聽保羅講道。保羅定睛看他，見這個人有信心，可以得醫治， 10就高聲對他說：「起來，兩腳站直！」那人就跳了起來，開始行走。 11周圍的人看見保羅所行的，就用呂高尼話大聲說：「神明化成人形下凡了！」 12於是，他們稱巴拿巴為宙斯，又因為保羅是主要的發言人，就稱他為希耳米14·12 希臘神話中天神宙斯是最大的神，希耳米則是為眾神傳遞信息的使者——「傳諭之神」。。 13城外宙斯廟的祭司也牽著牛、拿著花環來到城門口，要和眾人一同向使徒獻祭。
14巴拿巴和保羅二位使徒見此情形，就撕裂衣服，衝進人群中，高喊： 15「各位，你們為什麼這樣做？我們和你們一樣只是凡人！我們來這裡是要向你們傳福音，叫你們離棄這些虛妄的事，轉向那創造天地、海洋和其中萬物的永活上帝。 16在以往的世代，祂雖然容許萬國各行其道， 17卻從未停止顯明自己的存在。祂常施恩惠，降下甘霖，賞賜豐年，又叫你們衣食飽足，滿心喜樂。」
18保羅和巴拿巴說了這些話，才勉強制止住人群向他們獻祭。 19有些猶太人從安提阿和以哥念來煽動民眾，他們用石頭打保羅，以為他死了，就把他拖到城外。 20當門徒圍過來看他的時候，他站了起來，走回城裡。第二天，保羅和巴拿巴前往特庇。
返回安提阿
21他們向那裡的人傳福音，有很多人作了門徒。然後，他們又回到路司得、以哥念和安提阿， 22堅固各地門徒的心志，鼓勵他們要持守信仰，並且說：「我們在進入上帝國的道路上必經歷許多苦難。」 23二人又為每個教會選立長老，禁食禱告，把他們交託給所信靠的主。
24後來，二人又經過彼西底，來到旁非利亞， 25在別加講完道，然後下到亞大利， 26從那裡乘船回安提阿。當初就是在安提阿，他們被交託在上帝的恩典中去傳道，如今工作已經完成了。
27他們到達之後，就召集教會的人，報告上帝藉著他們所做的一切事，以及上帝如何給外族人開了信仰之門。 28之後，二人和門徒同住了很久。
